USDA to reinstate July cattle report, other crop reports
By Julie Tomascik Editor The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) announced it will reinstate several key data collection programs suspended last year due to budget constraints. Among these, the July [...]
Report: U.S. the ‘largest beneficiary’ of TPP
A new report says that while all member countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership stand to benefit from the trade agreement, [...]
Several years of tighter credit ahead?
Credit problems are increasing due to tighter margins, weather problems in some regions of the country, reductions in the level [...]
TFB members on Beef Checkoff boards
Three Texas Farm Bureau members have been named to the Texas Beef Council (TBC) and the Beef Promotion and Research [...]
Sugarcane aphid webinar set for Feb. 1
By Rod Santa Ana AgriLife Extension To improve their chances of a successful 2016 grain sorghum crop in Texas, growers [...]
Texas remains drought-free
Nearly one month into the new year, and the Lone Star State remains drought-free. And the U.S. Drought Outlooks projects [...]
Deadline to vote in March primaries approaches
By Jessica Domel News Editor If you are not yet registered to vote, but would like to participate in the [...]
U.S., China agree to phytosanitary protocols for milled rice
If all goes according to plan, in just a few short months, American rice growers and sellers could be exporting [...]
East Texas Pasture Management Program set Feb. 12
This year’s East Texas Pasture Management Program, set Feb. 12 at the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Center at Overton, will [...]